Cheaper By The Dozen Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Lassis: Unit 1 Middle School Page 9
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14Vocabulary: vacation, laugh, lighthouse, cottage, shoe, summer
Chapter 11-12
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We went to Nantucket, Massachusetts in the summer. Dad bought a cottage and 2 old
lighthouse for us to stay in. Dad called it the shoe. He said that it reminded him of the
nursery rhyme of the old woman in the shoe with all of her children.
Dad loved to take us on vacation.
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Dad taught all of us how to swim in the ocean. The only person who did not swim was
mother. When she went into the water, she sank. Dad did not understand why she could
not swim. He said it was against the laws of science to sink in the water. Mother
enjoyed watching us in the water.
Dad loved to take us on vacation.
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One summer, dad wanted to teach us the Morse code. The Morse code is a way to
send messages using dots and lines. He wrote the code all over the cottage to help us
learn. Other vacationers wanted to see the code and our big family. Dad sold tickets to
take them through the cottage as a joke. This made mother angry. Dad said that he was
sorry. Then, mother laughed too.
Dad loved to take us on vacation.
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Another summer, dad bought an old sailboat for us to use. He taught us to sail. First,
we pretended to sail with the boat still on land. Then, we took it on the water. Dad was
the captain and we were his sailors. He loved to yell orders at us. One time, he yelled at
us so much that we all jumped into the water and left him alone. Dad pretended to be
mad. But he laughed with us.
Dad loved to take us on vacation.
LASSIS: Unit 1 Middle School Adapted Text, July 2014
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